Fore-carriage for hay-rakes.



C. PEARSON.

PURE CARRIAGE FOR HAY RAKES.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 15, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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C. PEARSON.

CARRIAGE PoR HAY RAKES;

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PORE CARRIAGE FOR HAY RAKES.

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UNIFIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES PEARSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 INTERNATIONALHARVESTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EURE-CARRIAGE FOR HAY-RAKES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PEARSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fore-Carriages forHay-Rakes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to forecarriages, and in particular to anattachment of the class indicated that is adapted to be connected withthe draft frame of a hay rake; the object of my invention being toprovide a construction of forecarriage that is strong and simple, onethat may be readily attached to or detached from a hay rake, and onewherein the thills or tongue of a hay rake may be utilized for a likepurpose in connection with the forecarriage. I attain these objects bymeans of the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings; inwhich- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved forecarriage and hayrake, designed to illustrate the manner of connecting .one with theother, and the means whereby the draft thills of a hay rake may beutilized for a like purpose in connection with a forecarriage; Fig. Q isa side elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a front elevation of theforecarriage; F ig. 4 is an end elevation of the frame of theforecarriage; Fig. 5 is a rear view of part of Fig. 4; F ig. 6 is adetached detail, partly in section, and representing a vertical sectionalong line A-Bg Fig. 7 is a detail showing the means whereby the thillsof the hay rake are secured to the frame of the forecarriage; and Fig. 8is a side elevation of Fig. 7.

The same reference characters designate like parts throughout theseveral views.

1 represents a common form of hay rake including a head 2 and a draftframe 3 pivotally connected with said head, and 4 represents draftmembers having their rear diverging ends secured to the draft frame andtheir front ends to a supplemental draft member 5 that is turneddownward at its forward end and provided with an eye 6.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application le. .Tune 15, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 633,315.

brackets including a plate member 11, having inwardly projecting flatweb members 12, to which are secured the lower ends of the converginglegs of the frame members 8 and 9 by means of bolts 13, and outwardlyprojecting tubular stub axle members 14, upon which are journaled wheels15 that are secured thereon by means of bolts 16 received by the axialopenings in the stub axles.

17 represents a draft member having its rear end turned downward andsecured to the central portion of the head of frame member 9, and itsmiddle portion to frame member 8 by means of a supplemental draft strap18 and rivets 19, the members 17 and 18 extending forward of the framemember 8 and provided with vertical openings whereby a draft evener 2Omay be connected therewith.

21 represents plates that have their rear ends turned downward like therear end of member 17 and Secured in the same manner to frame member 9,having their forward ends turned downward and secured to the framemember 8, the ends of their turned down portions being turned away fromthe bar 8 in a manner to form a hooked portion 22 adapted to receive thehead of a U-shaped bolt 23 whereby the thills may be secured to theframe of the forecarriage. The plates 21 are secured to the head of theforecarriage, near its opposite ends, and serve the double purpose oftruss members and means whereby the thills may be secured to the framewhen it is desired to arrange them to permit the use of one draftanimal.

24 represents truss plates secured to the middle portion of the framemembers 8 and 9 upon opposite sides of the draft member 1?? in the samemanner as plates 21, that afford means whereby the thill members may beattached to the frame of the forecarriage in a manner permitting the useof two draft animals.

25 represents a draft hook secured to the rear end of draft member 17and adapted to be received by the eye 6 of the draft member 5 of the hayrake.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. A forecarriage for implements including, in combination, two invertedU-shaped transversely arranged frame members, having their head portionsspaced apart and their leg portions inclined inward, downward and towardeach other, brackets secured to the lower ends of said leg portions,stub aXle members integral with said brackets, a longitudinally arrangeddraft plate secured to the heads of said frame'members at their middleportion, and means whereby an implement may be connected with the rearend of said draft plate and a draft evener with the front end thereof.

QA'forecarriage for implements including, in combination, two invertedU-shaped transversely arranged frame members, havingatheir head portionsspaced apart and their leg portions inclined inward, .v downward andtoward each other, brackets secured to the lower ends of said legportions, stub axle members integral with said brackets, alongitudinally arranged draft plato secured to the heads of said framemembers at their middle portion, means whereby an implement may beconnected with the rear end of said draft plate and a draft evener withthe front end thereof, and supplemental truss plates secured to saidframe members upon opposite sides of said draft plate, said draft tonguemembers having their rear ends secured to said supplemental plates.

CHARLES PEARSON. lVitnesses RAY PATTIsoN, FRANK A. ZABILKA.

Copies ofths ,patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. C.

